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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
2.
ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a oppy disk / USB ash
disk, or the motherboard support CD.)
3.
Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk /
USB ash disk or a CD ROM.)
4.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk
/ USB ash disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS le fails or
gets corrupted.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or Award BIOS Flash utilities.
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. See page
5-3 for the Utilities screen menu.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
4.1.1 ASUS Update utility
The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the
motherboard BIOS in Windows
®
environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you
to:
• Save the current BIOS le
• Download the latest BIOS le from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS le
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Motherboard 1
- Revised Edition V2 2
- May 2006 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 8
- About this guide 9
- Typography 10
- (continued on the next page) 11
- Product 15
- 1.1 Welcome! 17
- 1.2 Package contents 17
- 1.3 Special features 18
- Dual RAID solution 19
- IEEE 1394a support 19
- S/PDIF digital sound ready 19
- USB 2.0 technology 20
- Dual Gigabit LAN solution 20
- AI Gear 21
- AI Nap 21
- ASUS Crystal Sound 21
- Advanced Thermal Design 21
- 1.3.3 ASUS Special features 22
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 1-7 23
- ASUS Multi-language BIOS 24
- ASUS O.C. Prole 24
- Hardware 25
- 2.1 Before you proceed 27
- M2N32-SLI DELUXE 28
- 2.2.3 ASUS Stack Cool 2 29
- 2.2.4 Motherboard layout 30
- 2.2.5 Layout contents 31
- Gold triangle 34
- Small triangle 34
- Retention module base 35
- CPU heatsink 35
- Retention bracket lock 35
- Retention bracket 35
- CPU FAN PWM 37
- CPU FAN IN 37
- CPU FAN PWR 37
- 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 40
- 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 40
- DDR2-800 MHz capability 41
- 2.5 Expansion slots 42
- 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 43
- 2.5.4 PCI slots 44
- 2.6 Jumper 45
- 2.7 Connectors 46
- For Wireless Edition only: 48
- SATA connectors 50
- SATA_RAID2 51
- IEEE 1394 connector 52
- CHA_FAN1 53
- CHA_FAN2 53
- CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4 53
- PWR_FAN CHIP_FAN 53
- Chassis intrusion connector 54
- ATX power connector 54
- SPDIF_OUT 57
- SPDIFOUT 57
- System panel connsector 58
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 2-33 59
- Powering up 61
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 3-1 63
- 3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 64
- BIOS setup 65
- 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 67
- 4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 68
- Quit all Windows 68
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 4-3 69
- The ASUS Update utility is 69
- DOS environment 70
- XP environment 70
- 2000 environment 70
- 4.1.4 Updating the BIOS 72
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 4-7 73
- 4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 74
- 4.2 BIOS setup program 76
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 77
- 4.2.2 Menu bar 77
- 4.2.4 Menu items 78
- 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 78
- 4.2.6 Conguration elds 78
- 4.2.3 Legend bar 78
- 4.2.7 Pop-up window 79
- 4.2.8 General help 79
- 4.3 Main menu 80
- PIO Mode [Auto] 81
- UDMA Mode [Auto] 81
- 4.3.6 SATA 1-6 83
- 4.3.9 Usable Memory [XXX MB] 84
- 4.4 Advanced menu 85
- Overclock Options [Disabled] 86
- N.O.S. Option [Disabled] 86
- PCIEX16_1 Clock [Auto] 86
- PCIEX16_2 Clock [Auto] 86
- CPU to NB HT Voltage [1.200V] 87
- NB to SB HT Voltage [Auto] 88
- NB Core/PCI-E Voltage [Auto] 88
- SB Core/PCI-E Voltage [Auto] 88
- 4.4.3 PEG Link Mode 89
- 4.4.4 CPU Conguration 89
- DRAM Timing Control 91
- Output Driver Control 92
- 4.4.5 Chipset 93
- IRQ-xx assigned to 94
- OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] 95
- IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] 95
- Serial-ATA Conguration 96
- USB Conguration 96
- 4.5 Power menu 98
- 4.5.3 APM Conguration 99
- Date (of Month) Alarm [31] 100
- 4.5.4 Hardware Monitor 101
- 4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 102
- 4.6 Boot menu 103
- 4.6.2 Removable Drives 104
- 4.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 104
- 4.6.4 CDROM Drives 104
- Case Open Warning [Enabled] 105
- Quick Boot [Enabled] 105
- Bootup Num-Lock [On] 105
- 4.6.6 Security 106
- PASSWORD DISABLED !!! 107
- Press any key to continue 107
- 4.7 Tools menu 108
- 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole 110
- 213830 2001-09-05 20:00:00 111
- MSDOWNLD.TMP 112
- 4.8 Exit menu 113
- 4-48 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 114
- Software 115
- Chapter summary 116
- 5.2 Support CD information 117
- 5.2.2 Drivers menu 118
- 5.2.3 Utilities menu 119
- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 120
- 5.2.5 Manuals menu 121
- 5.2.7 Other information 122
- Browse this CD 123
- Technical support Form 123
- 5.3 Software information 124
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 5-9 125
- 5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 129
- Preferences 130
- Hardware monitor panels 131
- WMI browser 132
- DMI browser 132
- PCI browser 133
- Conguring PC Probe II 134
- 5.3.4 ASUS AI Gear 135
- 5.3.5 ASUS AI Nap 137
- 5.3.6 ASUS Music Alarm 138
- OS conguration 139
- Adjusting the volume 140
- Turning off the music alarm 140
- 5.3.7 SoundMAX 141
- High Denition Audio utility 141
- Audio Setup Wizard 142
- Jack conguration 143
- Adjust speaker volume 143
- Adjust microphone volume 143
- Audio preferences 144
- General options 144
- Microphone options 145
- Enhanced Microphone Features 145
- 5.4 RAID congurations 146
- 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 147
- 5.4.2 NVIDIA 148
- Entering the NVIDIA 149
- MeidaShield RAID utility 149
- Creating a RAID Volume 149
- Rebuilding a RAID array 151
- Deleting a RAID array 153
- Clearing a disk data 154
- Setting the BIOS RAID items 155
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 5-41 157
- MAIN MENU 160
- Auto conguration 160
- Manual conguration 160
- Creating a CONCATENATION set 161
- 6.1 Overview 165
- 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 166
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 6-3 167
- 6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 168
- SLI™ technology support 168
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 6-5 169
- 6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 170
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